SPCC #45 and Taylor's Cupcake Challenge

Good evening crafting PEEPS! It's been a verrrrry long day it seems but I just *had* to squeeze a card out before I went to bed...helps unwind the day and relieve your mind of some or all stresses I find.

After much deliberation as a family, we decided that we are going to increase our family size by one more, and get a dog. He will be an outside dog for the kids to play with and hang out with....his name is Cocoa (not sure how the kids are going to spell it) and he is a Malamute (sp?) Husky crossed with a black lab. I will post pic's once we get him here and all settled in. We have some work to do in the back yard with the fence and get the gates hung back up so he can't escape and the kids are in the process of building him a mansion of a dog house along with Nana and Papa's help. They are very excited!

Anyhewwwwww .... enough rambling hey?! On with the crafty stuff :o) I decided to give Samantha's color combo a try from Scrapmaster's Paradise and I combined it with Taylor's Cupcake Challenge over at Taylored Expressions. I need to admit whole-heartedly that these colors were WICKEDLY DIFFICULT for me...I love Kraft and Durango, but that green was so hard to incorporate in there. I think I did "ok" with it and it turned out alright in the end. Thanks, Samantha, for such a challenge - these are good to make us step out of our comfort zones and attempt some new stuff!


.....here is my card using both challenges:

Stamps: Vintage Labels; Paper: Kraft, Green Galore, Dusty Durango, Dusty Durango DSP; Ink: Dusty Durango, Basic Black; Accessories: scallop square and circle punch, square punch, large circle punch, dimensionals, ribbon.

Thanks for stopping in tonight...I'll hopefully be back tomorrow evening for another installment! Have a super night!!

Birthday Stamp-A-Stack Card #3

Happy Saturday! It's another bright, sunshiney day here in central Alberta...temps are supposed to reach 20C again today - time to dig out some shorts and flip flops. Yay! I just wish I felt 100% better and could enjoy the heat, but with a head cold, it's not really a lot of fun.

DH is going into town after a bit to do some errands, go to the chiro, etc., so I am going to get busy and get a few challenges done here in my craft room and I only have one more project to prepare for my monthy club get-together happening next Sunday! Yay me!! I am normally scrambling like crazy to get ready and I've gotten 3 classes ready to go all by myself! Love it!

OK..enough ramblin....here is the 3rd card we will be creating at this month's Stamp-A-Stack. It can be used for a Male, or Teen birthday and you could use it for ANY color combo:

Stamps: Vintage Labels (SAB); Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White; Ink: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Accessories: large circle punch, scallop circle punch, soft suede ribbon, silver brads, embossing folder, dimensionals, clear blocks

This is a nice, clean, simple card that won't take the girls very long to pump out. I like the simplicity of cards like this - that still make a nice, bold statement!

I hope you have a chance to enjoy the wonderful sunshine today, wherever you are. Thanks for poppin' in to enjoy your morning coffee with me - I'll be back in a while! Bye!

PPC-CC #8

Happy Monday!!

It's time for my very first installment as a PPC Color Creator with Picture Perfect Creations Design Team!!

I am so honored AND excited to be a part of this new, exciting, talented group of ladies! Megan has enlisted an awesome, ROCKIN' Design Team...be sure to visit their blogs and leave them a bit of looooove :o)

Megan has been offering up some wonderful color challenges and this week's combo is no exception....these colors just scream "SPRING!" to me - what about you?

I got to work diggin' out the colors, finding DP, buttons, ribbons, and then the mission of finding "just the right stamp...." :o) I came across an old FAV of mine....True Friend, and knew exactly what I was gonna do. I colored the flower up with markers so I could incorporate all the colors of the challenge in the image as well as the paper :o)

Stamps: True Friend, Whimsical Words; Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Razzleberry Lemonade DP, Sweet Pea DP; Ink: Pumpkin Pie; Accessories: Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Garden Green markers, paper piercer, scallop circle punch, circle punch, pumpkin pie striped ribbon, pumpkin pie brads, scallop trim edge punch, embossing folder, adhesive pearls, dimensionals, button, linen thread, glue dot.

The rest of the Design Team has samples for you to enjoy, so please be sure to click on over and check 'em all out!!!

Allison Barroll
Nicole Anderson
Sandy Tran
Melissa Hubert
Trish Radacs
Jackie Weeks
Tamie Camp
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Paula McClane

I hope you play along this week and link up your card over at Picture Perfect Creations...
I am looking forward to all your wonderful creations!!

3-in-1 Valentine's!!

Good morning from a snowy central Alberta. It's lightly snowing and sure looks pretty outside! Yep, I love the snow :o) I know..I know...C-R-A-Z-Y right?! *insert big grin here*

I worked on a couple more Valentine's Day cards last night using 3 challenges. The first was from Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog where their challenge this week is to use scallops anywhere on your card. The 2nd challenge in my card comes from the Creative Card Crew blog where their challenge this week is...yep, you guessed it: "Valentine's!" Yay me!! LOL....and the 3rd component of my card came from Mojo Monday's challenge sketch:
....and here is the card I created using all 3 challenges listed above:

Recipe:

Stamps: Love You Much
Paper: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Always DP (retired)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, nestabilities scallop circles, brads, chocolate chip ribbon, dimensionals, pretty in pink marker, gems

Early Morning Creativity :o)

Good morning y'all! My DH had to leave early for work this morning, so I saw him off, made some strong Starbuck's coffee, and got to surfin' for crafting inspiration. I came across this sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches:

And this is the new color challenge at Diva Coffee Break Designs Challenge blog this week:

I *knew* right away which stamp I wanted to use for this sketch layout and the colors would be PERFECT for coloring her....I've been wanting to get ink on her for quite some time, but just haven't done it. So, today was her time! Here's the card I created using both challenges:

I had a lot of fun sitting in my craft room in the early hours this morning, drinking my coffee, tunes on....and Q-U-I-E-T!!! Ahhhh...what a way to start the day off....hope you all have time to create something today - I would love to see it!

Happy Stamping!

One last challenge....

...and then it's time for bed! It's sure been a grrreat day of stamping for me! I've enjoyed getting my craft room messy :o) Now time to clean up and hit the hay.....

I decided to give the circular Mojo Monday challenge a try and I used the color challenge from The Pink Elephant..the girls there said to use "polka dots, pink and a bow." EASY PEESY!! A girl loves all 3 of those things. HEE HEE....

...and here is the round card I made:

Recipe:

Stamps: Oval All

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Always DP

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: scallop circle sizzix bigz, regal rose marker, brads, pretty in pink ribbon, dimensionals